Title

Tuskegee Airman flight jacket worn by Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett, 1942. Creator: Aero Leather Clothing Co..

Caption

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African-American fighter and bomber pilots who fought in World War II. A Type A-2 leather Tuskegee Airman jacket worn by Woodrow W. Crockett. The jacket is dark brown leather with a fabric lining. It has a snap-flap patch pocket on either size of the zipper at waist level with knit cuffs and waistband. On the left breast are three stitched patches. The uppermost is a rectangular leather patch with dark stamped letters reading [W. W. CROCKETT], the middle patch is also leather and rectangular and embossed with the US Army Air Forces pilot insignia, two feathered wings extending from a striped shield.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A73_298

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

102,2Mb (3,5Mb) / 20,4in x 19,4in / 6132 x 5828 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black country clothes museum color dress military war location Armed Forces century coat jacket clothing concept African American African-American 1940s afro-american leather jacket Army warfare Air Force Forties United States of America Colour World War II World War two WWII US Air Force fighter pilot world war 2 20th century bomber jacket heritage American America USA decade Second World War WW2 object united states 2nd World War Crockett cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art bomber jackets Tuskegee Airmen United States Army Air Forces Aero Leather Clothing Co. Aero Leather Clothing Company Woodrow W. Crockett Woodrow W. Lt. Col. Woodrow W. Crockett